Versailles Coat - Multi-Sized Pattern PDF or Print

PATD38 ~ 1600s Versailles Coat When Louis came to the throne in 1643, the fashion capital of the world wasn’t Paris, but Madrid. Louis XIV set out to change that. The furniture, textile, clothing, and jewelry industries he established not only provided jobs for his subjects, but made France the world’s leader in taste and technology. Louis also transformed Versailles—a hunting lodge buried in the countryside 12 miles from Paris—into a showplace for the best of French culture and industry; not just fashion but art, music, theater, landscape gardening, and cuisine. A strict code of court dress and etiquette ensured a steady market for French-made clothing and jewelry. Fashions, changed seasonally in France. Not only was the fashion industry enriched by the constant updating of wardrobes, but the French tended to get bored if a trend lasted too long. In the highly regimented and specialized haute couture industry, artificial flowers, embroidery, tapestries, buttons,